Erik Carlsson aka "Carlsson på taket"

Erik Carlsson aka “Carlsson på taket”

Reading time: less than a minute | Written by Ben Branch | June 18th 2011

“Carlsson på taket” is Swedish for “Carlsson on the roof”, Erik was so famous for flipping his Saab rally cars that the moniker became permanent in his home country.

Read more about Erik here.

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Published by Ben Branch - June 18th 2011

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